CloudHealth

I have been using VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth for six years.

My main use case for VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is to control our cloud environments. We have VMWare in cloud running on AWS and Azure, but also we use it to control our cloud load running in AWS and Azure.

One of the things we do is use VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth to identify all our load running in one single tenant account to check what was the cost of running these loads and then use it to create the accounts for each of these users and transfer the loads to them. We were able to show them the cost that was being used for each of these accounts and now they will be able to have a better view and control of the expenses on the cloud.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is a great tool to understand the cost of the clouds, to have very detailed financial information on the loads running there, how much of the budget is being used, and have a clear overview of what is happening and plan for the future.

The best features VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth offers are cost management and right sizing because one of the main problems on the load in the cloud is that people tend to think that it is like running things on-premises and you can build huge VMs with no consequences. This is a great tool to show the users that it is different and you need to better right-size your loads in the cloud compared to on-premises.

We migrated loads from premises to the cloud where we were having very big VMs. After showing the team running these VMs using VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth that the VMs were consuming a lot of resources, we were able to show them that it was better to reduce the size of the VMs, spread out the load, and use only the capacity that was being required at the specific times.

Having a better control of our cloud loads and having ways to see how to optimize and improve how it is running there and having better governance was critical for our organization's success.

For my personal case, VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth works perfectly. I do not see any urgent or required improvements. Perhaps later on I will see those possibilities, but for the moment, it works for my needs and requirements.

I have been working in my current field for four years.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is stable in my experience.

For us, VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is working really well. It can be scalable as we need it and we did not have any problems so far.

The customer support for VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is excellent. We have a dedicated team to support our needs, so in our case, we did not have any problems. I will give the customer support a nine.

We were not using a tool before VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth.

We had a long history of working with VMware, so this was the tool we evaluated and we decided to go with it.

I acquired VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth directly through VMware.

I did not take part in those discussions, so I am not sure about the metrics, but I can say that in my experience, we saved money on using VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth, money that would have been spent in the cloud and now we reduce the load and the cost of the clouds. For me it was an improvement for us.

We were not using a tool before VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is a very good product. It helps me to improve the management and the overview of the cloud loads and it fulfills all my needs.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth gives better help and good advice on governance and security topics. I have not used it that much yet, but it will be something I will definitely be testing and going deep into it.

The tests I tried were good enough to be used in a production environment.

I recommend VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth. I will tell them to test it if it will be sufficient for their needs, but I definitely recommend it. I would rate this review a nine overall.

My main use case for VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth was cost intelligence only. Mainly our application consists of Kubernetes workloads. So, bringing all the cost-related things at one place, we have used VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth for that. And apart from that, we have a very complex infrastructure. So compliance was very important there. This has helped us in setting up all the tagging policies.

Both cost intelligence and governance are the use cases we've used.

The tagging that VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth has suggested or given us has helped us in filtering all the team-related costs, which team is consuming how much. Everything inside a single dashboard was helpful and it has also given us valuable suggestions for right-sizing.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth has given us the detailed cost visibility of all the infrastructures at one place. The dashboard capability was quite good. The governance and tagging policies it has suggested have also helped us a lot.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth helped us to visualize and present everything to our stakeholders with a dashboard. The dashboard indicated intelligence in our costing and for predicting the future cost of all the teams and the current cost of all teams and workloads are consuming. Everything inside a dashboard has helped us to present very well to our stakeholders.

The cost optimization recommendations are also one of the best features of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth has given us valuable suggestions in cost optimization. With this, we have right-sized many instances, removed many unused EBS volumes, and unused Elastic IPs. In that way, we have cut around 20% of cost.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth can improve by introducing real-time cost visibility and alerting so that we can better act on that. And apart from that, they can also think of giving us more customization in the dashboard part.

These are the only two things I wished for.

I have used VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth for nearly around one year.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is stable.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is scalable.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth's customer support is knowledgeable.

This was our only solution.

We were only using the native costing capabilities of AWS.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth's pricing defines the capabilities and setup cost was very straightforward and pricing is also very much understandable.

I saved 20% of money.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth's governance and security are very good.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is very accurate.

AWS is the cloud provider I use with VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is very good for costing visibility and most importantly if you are planning to introduce governance across your complex infrastructure, this is a good tool.

I have rated VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth nine out of 10 because of the needed improvements I suggested that are core capabilities they can work on.

I have been working with VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth for the last two years. My main use case requires logging into the CloudHealth dashboard to review cloud spending, budget status, check cost anomaly alerts, review right-sizing recommendations, identify ideal or unused resources, and validate governance and tagging compliance. I generate or review scheduled reports and coordinate with the cloud and application teams to implement optimized recommendations, which is the day-to-day workflow followed by our cloud operations team and infrastructure instance team.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth has positively impacted our organization by providing centralized visibility into cloud costs and resource utilization across multiple cloud environments. It helps identify under-utilized and ideal resources which we have not been using in the last two to three months, reducing unnecessary cloud spending. The right-sizing recommendations enable me to optimize computer resources without affecting application performance. Budget forecasting and cost anomaly alerts allow me to take proactive actions for expected planned budgets.

Automated dashboards and scheduled reports reduce manual effort required for cloud cost analysis and management reporting. Governance policies improve tagging compliance and increase accountability across teams, strengthening collaboration between infrastructure, finance, and cloud operations by providing a single source of cloud cost information. Overall, it improves operational efficiency, enhances cloud governance, and supports better financial decision-making for our organization.

Our organization achieves approximately twenty to thirty percent cloud cost optimization through right-sizing recommendations, ideal resource cleanup, and improved resource utilization. Automated cost monitoring and budget alerts help prevent unnecessary cloud spending, leading to improved financial governance. The centralized dashboard eliminates the need for manual reviews across multiple cloud portals, reducing operational effort, and automatic reporting saves approximately thirty to forty percent of the time spent on cloud cost analysis and executive reporting. These metrics allow the infrastructure team to focus more on automation initiatives instead of manual monitoring and reporting tasks. Earlier, I spent a lot of time generating reports from our infrastructure tools like resource utilization through BI tools. VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth has helped me achieve twenty to thirty percent cloud cost optimization and save thirty to forty percent of the time.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth's multi-cloud cost management is a standout because it provides a single dashboard to monitor cloud spending across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Instead of logging into multiple cloud platforms or portals, I can analyze costs, trends, and resource utilization across platforms, making cloud financial management much more efficient. The right-sizing recommendation feature continuously analyzes CPU, memory, and resource utilization to recommend appropriately sized virtual machines. This plays a significant role for me as an infrastructure engineer to help reduce over-provisioning, lower cloud costs, and improve resource efficiency without affecting application performance. Cost anomaly detection is another valuable feature, enabling quick investigation of issues such as accidentally deployed resources or runaway workloads before they significantly impact the monthly budget.

Executive dashboards and reporting, along with governance and policy management, are also crucial features. Governance and policy management help enforce governance policies by identifying missing tags, non-compliant resources, public storage, and other configuration issues, ensuring organizations maintain security and operational standards across different cloud environments like GCP, AWS, and Azure. The customized dashboards provide real-time visibility into cloud costs, reduce optimization opportunities, and show compliance status while scheduling reports to minimize manual efforts for reporting and provide stakeholders with actionable insights.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is a powerful cloud management platform, but there are areas for improvement. I would prefer to see more AI-driven insights that not only recommend optimization but also suggest automated remediation actions. Real-time cost synchronization could be faster, as billing data sometimes has delays. More customized dashboards and report templates would help teams tailor their needs better. Kubernetes cost visibility could be more granular for centralized workloads. Integration with ITSM and automation tools such as ServiceNow and Ansible could be enhanced. Simplifying initial onboarding and policy configuration would also improve the experience for new users. These enhancements would make the platform even more efficient for enterprise cloud operations.

This tool is a mature and relevant cloud management platform with several areas that could be enhanced. I would prefer to see more advanced AI capabilities providing predictive insights and automated remediation for common optimization tasks. Better, faster synchronization of cloud billing and utilization data would enable near real-time cost monitoring. I want more customizable dashboards and executive reports tailored for different stakeholders such as FinOps, infrastructure, and management teams. Improving Kubernetes container cost visibility at the pod level is also necessary.

I would prefer to see stronger AI-driven automation, faster real-time cost updates, more customizable dashboards, deeper Kubernetes cost visibility, enhanced DevOps integrations, and a simpler onboarding process as areas needing improvement. These enhancements would further increase operational efficiency and make the platform more valuable for enterprise cloud management.

I have been working with VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth since I joined two years ago.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is stable and reliable in my experience. The dashboards and reporting services are consistently available, and I have not experienced any major platform outages affecting my daily operations. Data synchronization with AWS is generally reliable, although billing information may have slight delays due to some cloud provider update cycles. The platform handles large cloud environments efficiently with minimal performance issues. Scheduled reports, governance policies, and cost optimization recommendations run consistently. Regular product updates introduce new features while maintaining platform stability. Overall, I provide a stability rating of nine out of ten, as it meets my operational requirements with minimal issues.

For scalability, I provide a rating of nine point five out of ten. VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is well-suited for medium to large-scale enterprise environments, capable of managing multiple AWS accounts and thousands of cloud resources and workloads across different regions from a single dashboard. As our cloud infrastructure grows, onboarding additional AWS accounts and resources is straightforward without requiring major architectural changes. The platform continues to provide consistent performance, reporting, and governance as the environment scales. It also supports role-based access control, allowing different business units and teams to manage their own cloud resources securely. Overall, I rate scalability at nine point five out of ten.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth provides reliable enterprise-level customer support through the Broadcom support organization. In my experience, the support team has been responsive while handling product configuration, integration, and technical issues. The engineers are knowledgeable and provide practical guidance for resolving cloud management and governance-related problems. The platform also has a comprehensive knowledge base, documentation, and community resources that help resolve common issues quickly. I rate the support quality as nine out of ten. Faster response times for complex issues would further improve the experience.

Before choosing VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth, I understand that the organization evaluated other options, specifically Flexera One. The comparison was based on multi-cloud support and cost optimization features as it was being used in other teams. The organization chose VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth for its centralized visibility, governance, and scalability as well as the ease of integration, while other native tools lacked these central management capabilities.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is deployed as a SaaS-based cloud management platform in my organization. I integrate AWS and Azure cloud environments using IAM roles for AWS and service principals for Azure with read-only permissions, ensuring secure API-based access without installing any agents. After onboarding the cloud accounts, the platform automatically synchronizes with cloud inventory, billing, utilization, and tagging information. I then configure governance policies, budget and cost allocation rules, and alert notifications based on organizational standards. Custom dashboards and scheduled reports are created for the infrastructure, FinOps, and management teams.

The deployment process is straightforward and does not impact production workloads because it is agentless. Once configured, CloudHealth serves as my centralized platform for cloud cost optimization, governance, and operational reporting.

I purchase VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth through an authorized VMware Broadcom partner, acting as a reseller.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth reduces cloud cost by approximately twenty to thirty percent through right-sizing recommendations, identifying ideal resources, and improving resource utilization. I achieved savings by removing unused EBS volumes, old snapshots, ideal load balancers, and oversized EC2 instances. These alerts help reduce and detect unexpected spending early, preventing unnecessary monthly expenses. Budget forecasting has improved financial planning and reduced cost overruns. Overall, the platform delivers measurable cost savings while enhancing governance and operational efficiency. CloudHealth consistently identifies optimization opportunities, resulting in an estimated twenty to thirty percent reduction in cloud infrastructure costs.

VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth follows a subscription-based SaaS licensing model, and pricing is typically based on the organization's cloud spend of the resources being managed. In my opinion, the pricing is suitable for medium and large enterprises operating in multi-cloud environments that require advanced financial operations and governance capabilities. Although the initial licensing and cost may seem higher than native cloud tools, the savings achieved through cost optimization and resource right-sizing can provide a strong return on investment. This platform reduces manual effort through centralized reporting and automation, adding operational value. However, for smaller organizations with limited cloud infrastructure, the pricing may be relatively expensive. Overall, the licensing justifies the platform's comprehensive features and scalability for enterprise-level cloud management capabilities, making it a good value for organizations focused on long-term cloud cost optimization and governance.

My advice is to clearly define cloud cost management and governance objectives before implementing VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth. This ensures that your AWS environment follows a consistent tagging strategy, as accurate tags are essential for meaningful cost allocation and reporting. Start by onboarding a few cloud accounts and validating dashboards, policies, optimization, and recommendations before expanding across the organization. Involve the infrastructure, cloud operations, security, and finance operations teams early in the deployment to maximize the platform's value. Regularly review right-sizing recommendations, ideal resources, and budget alerts, rather than treating the tool as just a reporting solution. For organizations with multiple AWS accounts and significant cloud spending, VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth delivers excellent visibility and governance as a long-term cost optimization tool.

I provide an overall review rating of nine out of ten for VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth.